Takanobu Kobayashi

Takanobu Kobayashi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1960 . Graduated from Aichi Prefectures University of Art, 1986. Granted a scholarship for artist from Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan in 1996 and lived in Bangkok for one year. His paintings get hints from concrete forms such as vessels, pillows and forests. He has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in Japan and overseas, including ”Endless Summer”, Meguro Museum of Art (2004), “Kobayashi Takanobu Dream, dreaming us”, Yokosuka Museum of Art (2014), “Garden of Painting / Japanese Art of the 00s” The National Museum of Art (2010) etc. How work is included in the collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the National Museum of Art, Tokyo, and others.